Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition

Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition
Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición
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Agency's headquarters in Madrid
Agency overview
FormedJuly 7, 2001 (2001-07-07)
JurisdictionSpain
HeadquartersCalle Alcalá 56, Madrid, Spain
Employees196 (2019)
Annual budget 22.1 million, 2023[1]
Agency executives
Parent agencyMinistry of Consumer Affairs
Websitewww.aecosan.gob.es

The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) is a regulatory agency of the Government of Spain responsible for promoting food safety and for providing guarantees and objective information to consumers and economic agents of the Spanish agrifood industry.[2]

It is also responsible for planning, coordinating and developing strategies and actions that promote information, education and promotion of the health in the field of nutrition and especially the prevention of obesity. All this from the scope of action of the powers of the General State Administration and with the cooperation of other Public Administrations and interested sectors.[2]

  1. ^ "State Budget 2023" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Royal Decree 19/2014 which creates the AECOSAN". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-05-07.

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